Cervical Spine Nomenclature

Posted on February 2nd, 2009 by Jeffrey Ross, Barrow Neurological Institute | 5,711 views

The ASNR/ASSR nomenclature document was specific for the lumbar spine.  I would be interested in your opinion on the correct terminology for cervical spondylosis:  what terms and why.  Specifically, that ridge of dark stuff on all sequences on MR… what is it?  ”Spondylotic ridge”, “osteophytic ridge”, “disc / osteophyte complex”, “bulge  / osteophyte complex”, plain old herniation or other?  I will give my biased view that “bulge / osteophyte” might be appropriate since “disc” is so nonspecific.

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5 Responses to Cervical Spine Nomenclature

  1. Akhtarhusain says:
    September 22, 2011 at 10:30 am

    One can use the word CSCOD( Cervical spine comlex Osteophytic degenerative) changes

  2. jross says:
    February 2, 2009 at 2:34 pm

    Ha! I do routinely comment on “degenerative endplate changes”. I do NOT use an eponym.

  3. Bassem Georgy says:
    February 2, 2009 at 11:17 am

    A New Disk nomenclature is coming soon within the next 2 month as per Gordon Sze

  4. rhwiggins rhwiggins says:
    February 2, 2009 at 9:40 am

    Do you routinely use the Ross endplate degenerative changes categorization system?

  5. rquencer says:
    February 2, 2009 at 8:05 am

    we and our surgeons refer to these as a “dic/osteophyte complex”. As long as both services understand what is meant by that term, it makes snes to use that wrding t

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